Investment and innovation efforts pay off as improvements continue

Recent measures in boosting private investment as well as encouraging mass entrepreneurship and innovation have shown a significant effect, and improvements are being made, according to a State Council news release.

Policy digest

Support given to Shanxi's economic transformation

Ministries address public concerns

Measures will protect tourists during holidays

Shanghai takes aim at medical bribery

Shanghai has introduced a new regulation to crack down on bribes offered by commercial entities to doctors and other medical workers in pursuit of sales of drugs and medical equipment.

Chinese meteorologist honored

A memorial hall was opened in Anqing, Anhui province, on Saturday in honor of scientist Ye Duzheng, one of the founders of modern atmospheric science in China.

Stray mastiffs pose threat to residents, wildlife

Large numbers of abandoned Tibetan mastiffs are posing a threat to residents and endangered species on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, and are pushing dog rescue shelters into financial hardship.

Official: No room for talk about 'HK independence'

Hong Kong's second-highest-ranking official said on Saturday that there is "no room for discussion" about separatism in the special administrative region.

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Child seats on shared bikes at issue

Shared bike companies discourage the use of removable child seats on their bikes and warn that users must take full responsibility for any accidents involving a child seat.

Historic Shanghai temple's slow odyssey complete

Work to move the Grand Hall of Shanghai's Jade Buddha Temple 31 meters north and raise it 1 meter from the place it has stood for almost century was completed on Sunday.

Report: Employment market picks up in Q2

China's job market picked up slightly in the second quarter thanks to service sector growth and will continue its uptrend in the third quarter, according to a recent report by recruitment website Zhaopin.

Work begins to clean up Beijing's 'dirty streets'

"Dirty street" in Sanlitun was once famous for cheap food and drinks. Tian Liming, who has lived in the area for more than 50 years, knows all too well how the bar-and-restaurant-strewn thoroughfare lived up to its nickname.